16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.


In Context

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

18 Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.

2nd Corinthians 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if ye do , yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, (let no man think me to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little.)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that I also may boast myself some little.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.